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戻

Return
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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Kun readingもど.す、もど.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Verbs with «戻»

戻る戻す取り戻す戻れる

Meanings

  1. return
    彼は二度と故国に戻らなかった。He was never to return to his native country again.tatoeba
    その後江戸に戻る。He then returned to Edo.wiki
  2. go backwards
  3. re-RtK
  4. restore
  5. resume
  6. revert
  1. to put back
  2. to return
  3. to give back
  4. to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling)
  5. to turn back (e.g. clock hand)

Popular Usage

戻る

Radicals and components

Radical戸door
Components
How it's built
戻
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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door (戸) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · flag (方) · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1162

Compound words

戻るもどる
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
戻すもどす
to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
取り戻すとりもどす
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore
戻りもどり
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
戻しもどし
returning; giving back
逆戻りぎゃくもどり
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
後戻りあともどり
going backward; turning back; backtracking; doubling back; regression
引き戻すひきもどす
to bring back; to restore
呼び戻すよびもどす
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall
差し戻すさしもどす
to send back; to refer back
払い戻すはらいもどす
to repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse
買い戻しかいもどし
repurchase; redemption
払い戻しはらいもどし
repayment; refund; payback
很戻こんれい
acting contrary to reason
悖戻はいれい
disobeying
狠戻こんれい
acting contrary to reason
引戻すひきもどす
to bring back
押戻すおしもどす
to push back
割戻すわりもどす
to rebate
巻戻すまきもどす
to rewind
戻れるもどれる
to be able to return
押し戻すおしもどす
to push back
割り戻すわりもどす
to rebate
巻き戻すまきもどす
to rewind

Kun Reading Examples

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。もどる
What is done cannot be undone.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女が家に戻ってくることを切望していた。
He yearned for her to come home.tatoeba
彼は入院した瞬間から、いつ家に戻れるか教えてほしいと主治医に尋ね、困らせ続けた。
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.tatoeba
彼は二度と再び戻らなかった。
He never turned back again.tatoeba
高倉通魚棚の地に戻る
The University returned to Takakura-dori Uontana.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Return. 戸 (door) + 大 — going back through a door. 戻る — come back.

Practice Writing

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